Mal and About – What’s Goin’ On Around Invers – February Edition
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Hey there team.
I took advantage of the great summer weather to get some pics of what’s going on building wise around our fare city.
There’s some activity happening around the Invercargill Business Property Hub but I couldn’t get in as it was closed off in preparation for the Burt Munro Street races.
Anyways, I started at one end of town and headed to the other end. Here’s a bit of what’s going on.
Have you spotted the big new storage facilities at in the Niagara Sawmilling precinct at Kennington?
They just seem to keep on expanding.
Over the way a bit at Tisbury, site work is progressing on the storage facility for the Invercargill Museum.
Speaking of work progressing, that’s what’s happening on the Hawthorndale Care Village on the top end of Tay St.
Right in the central city there’s a couple of projects that are either on the go of waiting the green light. The former AWS Building site on Spey Street is awaiting development. In the meantime it’s being used as a carpark.
On the next block down on Spey work is under way on whatever is going there.
On Leven St, the Powernet sub station is getting a new roof, all under cover so the roofers can work in all weathers.
Down the road a tad asbestos removal work is underway in the old Menzies Building, first hands on step in transforming the building in to a flash hotel.
Now out by the airport work is rolling along with the new Stead St pump station.
Environment Southland are in charge here, the new pump station will replace the old pump station that stands beside the new site.
According to ES’s website, the whole shebang will cost $11m. $2.25m has been secured from central Government.
This also from ES website – The need to replace the Stead Street pump station is also driven by the age of the existing infrastructure, which was installed in the early 1960s. The new pump station is being built beside the existing structure and will house two new fish-friendly pumps manufactured by a supplier in the Netherlands. It aims to protect the area from inundation for the next 50 years. This pump station is critical to the 116 properties in the immediate area and is a lifeline for the airport, supporting 320,000 passengers plus freight each year.
Just to round off, keep an eye on VetSouth’s redevelopment on Findlay Rd. Big upgrade inside and out.
That should keep us ticking over. Any other big projects in the wind or about to get underway?